TY  - JOUR
T1  - DIabetes and pregnancy
AU  - Wishnofsky M
Y1  - 1959/05/30
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1959.03010050119018
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 625
EP  - 625
VL  - 170
IS  - 5
N2  - To the Editor:— 
    The editorial in The Journal, Jan. 17, page 258, entitled "Diabetes and Pregnancy" contains the following statement: "A diet for a diabetic-obstetric patient should be given, averaging 30 calories per kilogram of increasing body weight and containing 175 to 250 Gm. of carbohydrate, 2 Gm. of protein per kilogram of body weight, and a sufficient amount of fat to complete the diet." The question concerning protein requirement of the pregnant diabetic merits discussion.A patient who is in caloric equilibrium requires from 0.5 to 0.7 Gm. of protein per kilogram of body weight to maintain nitrogen equilibrium. The protein must be in a readily assimilable form and must contain the essential amino acids in adequate amounts. To provide an increased margin of safety, it is customary to give 1 Gm. of protein per kilogram of body weight per day. The author of the editorial proposes a protein
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1959.03010050119018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010050119018
ER  -